LOTS OF SCREAMING, PROBABLY.

Rants and crying and otps and maybe a little literature.

[housedemarr]

“Don’t die anymore,” he said quietly.

“It’s not like I tried to die on purpose.”

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews

[diangelosnico]

At first it was a matter of survival. Later it became a matter of vengeance.

[housedemarr]

Fever Series Art from The Arcane Society special edition

ART BY CARISSA SUSILO

[housedemarr]

[housedemarr]

@booksociety​’s Behind the Mask Event:

We haven’t met. His nostrils fluttered slightly.  He was downwind from me, and the night breeze had brought him my scent. I’m a stranger. You’ve never seen me before. Ascanio inhaled deeper.  His eyes narrowed. My heartbeat sounded too loud in my ears, but it was slow and steady. He wouldn’t know me. Sometimes when I looked in the mirror now, I didn’t know me.

Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews

Release Date: January 12th

[housedemarr]

@booksociety’s Out of the Ordinary Event:

I’d been gone for eight years. I was so homesick, if I were a wolf, I would’ve howled. I needed to see my family and make sure they were okay.

And if I did, Mom would die.

I exhaled slowly, reasserting control. I was a princess of Shinar. More, I was my mother’s daughter. People in our family didn’t get the luxury of feeling sorry for ourselves. We made a choice to not go home until we killed the monster blocking the front door.

Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews 

[aster-ria]

Julie Lennart-Olsen

"Never show a weakness; never show pain. The vulnerable get eaten."

[chococonut]

A quick drawing(s) I did for the winning entry in the “Best Ilona Andrews’ scene” poll on Facebook. Kate meeting Curran in Magic Bites.

[housedemarr]

@booksociety’s 🖤  friends to lovers 🖤 event:

🗡️🖤  [Dani & Dancer] Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning

“Dani, my bodacious, magnificent red thread, you rocked my fucking world, you rattled my existence, you woke me up to shades of life I’d never seen before. I love you like pi.”

[housedemarr]

@booksociety’s💖 underrated faves 💖 event:

🔥💛 Burn for Me - Ilona Andrews

I’m a known fugitive who likes to set people on fire. Come away with me so we can have hot sex while the entire city is trying to shoot me in the head. If I get bored, I’ll barbecue you for my amusement. Sure, let me get my shoes.

[morganrhodes]

Immortal Reign: Deleted Scene

I think enough time has passed since the release of Immortal Reign that I can share another deleted scene? This is from just after the climax of the book, right near the end of the book!

SPOILERS … read at your own risk!

Keep reading

[orwell]

The Long Bright Dark True Detective 

[kenandemread]

Kaz and Inej in a nutshell

[bettedavisgf]

the princess bride gave me unrealistic expectations for relationships when will someone just throw me the FUCK down a hill

[moved-to-ofswordsandpens]

[the-knights-who-say-book]

The Prince and the Dressmaker

*I received an advance reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*

Rating: ★★★★★

Blurb: Prince Sebastian has a secret: at night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia! Sebastian’s secret weapon (and best friend) is the brilliant dressmaker Frances, who protects his double life. But Frances dreams of greatness, and for that she can’t stay a secret. How long can Frances defer her dreams to protect a friend? Jen Wang weaves an exuberantly romantic tale of identity, young love, art, and family. A fairy tale for any age, this book will steal your heart.

This is such a charming graphic novel. Just polishing up this review makes me want to reread it, and I can’t wait to get myself a physical copy!

A note before we get started: my interpretation (or perhaps headcanon) of Sebastian was as a genderfluid person, based on this quote:

“Some days I look at myself in the mirror and think, ‘That’s me, Prince Sebastian! I wear boy clothes and look like my father.’ Other days it doesn’t feel right at all. Those days I feel like I’m actually a princess.”

But given that Sebastian being nonbinary doesn’t seem to be an inference other reviewers drew, I’m not going claim it as canon. It might be a book about a cis boy who enjoys crossdressing, which is still great because it shows with a lot of fun that there’s nothing wrong with that. Either way, the fact that this exists as a fluffy, middle grade book that shows gender nonconformity in a positive light is such a good thing and I love it.

On the actual story: !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVED it. The art was beautiful, pastel and fun and a little childish, which fits perfectly. I loved the character designs, like all the scruffy hair and how Sebastian got to have a long, pointy nose and still be considered beautiful. More! big! noses! that aren’t villain-coded! please!

I loved the cute little romance and all the dress designs — all the gorgeous dresses. And that we’re getting this kind of positive representation in books suitable for kids… it’s wonderful. I was just smiling giddily to myself the entire time. It’s the kind of aesthetically pretty historical fiction I would have loved as a kid and never would have found with these kinds of characters. Frances and Sebastian are funny and adorable and yes I really need to reread this goodbye.

[dinademille-archive-deactivated]

LITEDIT:  OTP [1/?] Christopher Steed x Barabas Gilliam

“Is everything okay between you and Barabas?”

He looked into the distance. “Things are complicated at the moment. Before, I wasn’t in my right mind. Now he doesn’t know who I am.”

Who are you, Christopher? “What about you? How do you feel about it?”

“I love him.”

I wished I knew what to say.

[foxfairyreads]

“Aelin would never go to Skull’s Bay”